Re: [APML] (Semi-OT) QuickCam autoguiding

[George Anderson <tillerman1@videotron.ca>]

Hi Carlos

The best software that I have found for the B&W QuickCam is guider.exe
by Marty Neimi(sp) and Bob May.
It provides everything that you would want from a low buck autoguider. I
am in the process of setting one up. I have it coupled to a 500mm f/8
mirror lens for autoguiding up to 300mm camera lenses (I hope).
If you do a google search for guider.exe you should come up with a hit
for Marty's site. If not let me know and I can e-mail the zipped files
to you. It is not very large and fits on a floppy disk unzipped.
The problem will be that you will need a serial to parallel converter to
put on the serial port for your mount. This is the point that I am at
now.
There are several schematics available on the web if you want to build
your own.
Or if you are using a desktop pc you could add a second parallel port
and modify the code (Marty and Bob give the Q-basic source code but you
will need a compiler) to write to the parallel port.
If you have any questions please feel free to drop me an e-mail.

George Anderson
Montreal Canada

Clear skies and good health 

"Carlos Milovic F." wrote:
> 
> Seeing that someone started a webcam thred, I couldn't resist to post
> this.
> 
> I've just bought an used Connectix B&W QuickCam camera, and I want to
> use it to autoguide my film images.
> 
> Do you have any experiences with it? Wich software do you recommend?
> And the drives? What could be a practical minimun system requirements
> for autoguiding?
> 
> I have a CG5 mount, and I have made an ST4 like autoguider port. How
> do I connect the computer to it? I already constructed a parallel
> interfase, but it seems that it cannot be used with this camera (it
> uses the paralel port too). Wich settings do I have to use with a
> serial port?
> 
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Carlos Milovic F.
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